Geezer

The density of the camo pattern is a bit wonky around the cockpit. Gonna have to do some creative erasing!

Tweaked the Hurricane colors today, and got started on the CR42.

Mapped the fuselage this morning, and started making skins for the Hurricane1.

There's more on the way......

Heh - great shots.

You are making good progress and there is no need to apologize for your models. You are right. The only thing that matters is working to the best of your ability, because there are no "perfect" models - and never will be. Perfection is an admirable goal, but is impossible in the real world. Every model is a collection of compromises, so relax and enjoy your hobby! If you ever need any help, feel free to ask.

That's not necessarily a drawback for the 1940 desert. While the Brits had been trained to use radio to coordinate their attacks, radios were seldom installed in Italian fighters due to a shortage of radio sets. In effect, the Italians were re-fighting WW1 in the air - they still signaled each other with their hands or by rocking their wings.

Hope everyone enjoyed the Thanksgiving holiday? I got some more work done on the Hurricane1 for the 1940 desert war concept. The WW2 war in Africa started in June 1940 , but the Germans did not show up until March-April 1941. Consequently, the first phase of the desert war was quite different from the more famous period between 1941 and 1943. It was strictly the Brits versus the Italians and both sides used LOTS of left-over WW1 equipment, including biplanes. For most of this early period the standard British fighter was the Gloster Gladiator, as Hurricanes were needed to fight the Battle Of Britain that was raging further north over Europe. Hurricanes slowly dribbled into Africa, and did not completely replace the Gladiator until the Spring of 1941. I've already made most of the biplanes and will soon start mapping/skinning them, but still needed an early Hurricane. I plan on making two flavors - one for FE2 and one for SF2 (with working landing gear and flaps). If anyone knows how to make retractable landing gear sorta/kinda work in FE, I would love to hear from you and find out how to do it. EDIT: Just read some of the earlier posts and it looks like retractable gear and flaps ARE possible, so long as the gamer takes off in auto pilot. Additional shot shows the British line up of fighters. Hurricanes did not appear in quantity until the end of 1940, and small quantities of old worn-out Gauntlets were used as ground attack (because the Brits were desperate for anything that could fly). EDIT 2: Added a shot of the Italian fighter line up. Like the British Gauntlets, the obsolete FIAT CR32s were used for ground attack but could still dogfight after dropping their bombs. The sexy-looking Breda 88 twin engine fighter was the Italian aircraft industry's equivalent of the Messerschmitt 210 - a miserable failure. They were quickly withdrawn from service and the last few production machines were towed directly to the scrap yards, so I am not sure if it will be included - unless FE gamers like flying the WW2 equivalent of the BE2.

Yep, and a CR42. I'm a Regia Aeronautica fan and I've been investigating what will be needed for my desert 1940 concept - I've already built many of the models. As the 1940 campaign was a transition from biplanes to monoplanes, I will probably drift into some SF2 stuff eventually. It depends on how long you guys are willing to wait. I would love to make a CANT Z1007 and several other models on this thread's wish list. I'm currently working up a Hurricane MK1, and am thinking about a FIAT G.50 and Macchi MC.200. I also have some pretty good refs for the Bf110 - somewhere. The 1940 desert war also needs a Blenheim MK1 (not started) and Savoia-Marchetti S.79 (nearly done).

Very impressive!